What would you guys do if you ran the Sacramento organization? Getting a coach the players respect would be the main move for me. Than get the right veteran role players. Resign Sam and put Thornton in a Lou like role off the bench. Cousins and Evans probably, because of their talent level, will be given a chance to succeed.

John, what's the buzz on the west coast about a possible move? Would love your take?

Qs: if Iguodala doesn't play (and I think it would be a wise decision):
1) what would be your solution for the SF starting spot?
2) who do you think Collins will start?
My As:
1) I'd go with Turner, with Nocioni as his back up
2) I think Nocioni will start
I will watch live today, it doesn't happen ofetn so I am pumped...

Id play Iggy today and sit him tomorrow. Tomorrow is on a 2nd day of a back to back against the #1 team in the conference and the #1 home team in the league. You don't like to lay down or give up....but tomorrow is going to be a loss no matter what. And it's not a statement game like a game vs the Heat or Celts would be in gaining confidence for the playoffs.

Hoping the early start for the Kings (9AM PST) negates any early letdown from the Sixers. Beating a team 9 days ago by 20 on the road = letdown at home, at least initially. Having Evans for this one makes it interesting also (prob why the Sixers are only -9).

Decent first quarter. Reserves got a little sloppy on the defensive end, fouled too much. I'll take it, though. Team seems focused for the early start, which is a good sign. I actually wouldn't be surprised if they wound up w/ an early start or two in the playoffs.

Good quarter, bench has to keep the lead around double digits to get our main guys plenty of rest in this game, esp Iguodala. No reason they shouldn't, they have no one that can stay in front of Lou or handle Thad on drives from the free throw line area.

Pretty bad second quarter. The bench has done absolutely nothing to this point. At this rate, it's going to take 40 minutes from AI9, Brand and probably Spence just to get the win. Not exactly what I was hoping for w/ Chicago looming tomorrow night. But get the win, that's the important thing.

MARC ZUMOFFFFF: lou williams, can he get the tie?? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lmao, u hate it, but u cant help but love em, lou willz baby, i know aint these two players were in 2 complete dif categories , but Jordan had the shrug, LOU Willz has the mean mug! did u see his facial expression after the clutch shot??? BOSSS!

Collins has cost them a whole lot of games this year. Friday, we probably would have won if Turner had played 25 minutes instead of 8. Nocioni gave LeBron a free 6 points, and then worse, Collins put Meeks on Wade for the 17-2 run and didn't change it. Today, we probably would have won if Holiday going 7 for 7 didn't somehow still end up with Iggy taking 3 straight shots at the end. And maybe we would've won in OT if Meeks, on fire in OT, hadn't been shut out for the LouWill show.

Collins is a great motivator, great teacher, but from what I can tell, a rather poor in-game coach.

Hope someone asks Doug in the presser why he froze Jrue out after he had scored 11 straight, for a Dre iso only up 3 with around 1:10 left. And also why he went to him like three straight possessions after that? Jrue was in rhythm, though he heat-checked himself a couple of times in that overtime with ill-advised perimeter jumpers.

that corner 3 was something special. In my opinion, Dre's decision making in OT isn't top notch. So bizarre to see his game just totally shrink on that end of the floor as soon as they get inside 2 minutes

It might be harsh, but the only time I like to see Iguodala try and score and isolate is on the break. And since "clutch time" usually is mostly half court, I don't like Iguodala controlling the ball. To many bad outcomes like missed jumper, missed drive, missed FT's (and Hawes 3 pt jumper :)

Iguodala does not have good touch with the ball compare to his teammates, so in tight situations he rarely gets the roll on drives, FT's and jumpers.

Turner invisible again. Certainly did not cost them the game (but was by far the team worst -11.) Just wondering does anyone think he will step up and be an impact player at ant point in these last few weeks and playoffs? Not that Collins will even give him the chance, but tonight another invisible 20 minutes.

So basically this season has been a waste as far as ET is concerned? Because a a few months ago I really thought he would be starting to put it all together and be strong down the stretch... I guess we won't see any kind of positive impact from him until next year at earliest.

That's not really representative of much, though. That data has a lot of noise. Turner will typically get those amount of shots:
1) When he's playing well. Turner playing well = Turner getting more minutes = Turner getting more shots. So what you're saying is, when Turner plays well, he plays well. That's great. That's not proving that if he played more, he'd play well with more frequently, though.
2) When a game's out of reach, and he's playing against backups. Which doesn't prove his productivity if he put up that amount of shots against regulars in close games.

What I'm saying is, his shooting percentages are slightly better when he gets more shots up. That's really all I was implying. He averaged 14 or 15 shots a game in college, and now people are expecting him to come in and shoot 4 for 6 every game.

Well we'll have to disagree on that. I'm not saying that small sample size of games proves anything, but I really couldn't give a shit what his EFG% is on the season when he doesn't shoot very often. In my opinion, he's going to shoot a higher percentage when he starts getting aggressive and taking more shots.

Actually, I don't expect him to shoot anything, I do expect him to impact the game in just the most minimal of ways, which he just doesn't do, and it's versus backups.

The numbers aren't relevant but look at the teams we played when he got those few games you asked for and the game situations of each.

This guy is 22 now, he isn't getting any taller, probably not faster, surely not quicker, definitely not any younger and there's talk of a re-worked shot. We're either gonna spend a hell of a whole lot of time grooming him to be something he probably shouldn't be, or we're gonna cut bait and pick up your losses and just move on. This is a time when you can invoke the old saying, 'the sooner, the better'.

Lou had a better +/- so that just shows you how meaningless that stat was tonight (on an individual basis). I'm pretty sure Lou and Thad played worse than Turner did tonight.

Turner has no role on this team. Despite what Sir Eddie of Douche says about him, he can play. However he's not good enough to just be thrown into any situation and succeed. He needs to be in with the right rotation and he needs to be put into a position where he can be effective. Their approach with him all season has been square peg, round hole.